FAMILY LAW BLOG
If I Need Permission From My Ex To Move Away With Our Child, Does My Spouse Need Permission to Move Away From Us?
When a child has one or two (or more) primary parents after separation, the (or each) primary parent needs permission from the ex to move any significant distance away. This is because the move will interfere…
What the death of Riya Rajkumar means for Family Law custody cases
Millions of people were startled late last night when the emergency tones went off for the Amber Alert for Riya Rajkumar, only to learn, minutes later, that she had been found, but not safe. Riya did not return…
What Does The Court Decision On the Repeal Of The Sexual Education Curriculum Mean?
On February 28, 2019, the Ontario Divisional Court released its decision on the constitutional challenge to the province’s repeal of the 2015 Sexual Education Curriculum brought by the English Public Teachers Union the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and…
How Do You Calculate Child Support Where There Is More Than One Other Parent?
In recent years, it has become more commonplace to see “complex” families where one (or more parents) have children with several other parents, or is a step-parent to children in other families. So, how child support is…
If I am Right, Will I Win Big in Family Court?
This website provides a lot of useful information about Family Law to let you know if you are on the right path in your separation and divorce. Reading this best-selling book on Ontario Family Law will give you even more…
If My Ex Gave Me Furniture, Do I Have to Give It Back If We Break Up?
Gifts made during a relationship can be the source of tension and conflict when that relationship breaks down and the reason for giving the gift no longer exists. Although items such as furniture are usually not…
Do Child Support Payers Have to Provide Their Complete Tax Returns Every Year? Or Just Their Notice of Assessment?
The Child Support Guidelines (sections 3 and 24.1) contemplate that the amount of child support will be reviewed every year. This is consistent with the objectives of the Guidelines, to ensure that children benefit from the financial means of their…
We Have Custody of Our Grandchild: Can We Get Child Support?
Biological parents are always child support payers under the Child Support Guidelines and they always pay the full table amount. When a child is in the care of someone who is not a biological (or adoptive) parent, each…
Can My Spouse Change The Locks on Our Matrimonial Home Just Because I Am Not On Title?
When spouses are married, the home (or homes) in which they lived together, and separated are special. Those properties are “matrimonial homes.” In Ontario, on separation and until there is a Divorce Order, both spouses are equally…
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